Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

कृतस्नानस्य च हरिर्देहमाश्रित्य तिष्ठति । सर्वक्रियाकलापेषु संपूर्ण फलदो भवेत्

Transliteration

kṛtasnānasya ca harirdehamāśritya tiṣṭhati | sarvakriyākalāpeṣu saṃpūrṇa phalado bhavet

Translation

Bei dem, der das heilige Bad vollzogen hat, weilt Hari, indem Er im Körper Wohnung nimmt; und in allen Reihen der Riten wird Er zum Spender vollkommener Früchte.

Word by Word

• कृतस्नानस्य: of one who has bathed
• कृतस्नानस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त) + स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘कृत-स्नान’ = कृतं स्नानं येन (one who has bathed) — प्रयोगे षष्ठी (of the one who has bathed)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः (and)

• हरिः: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• देहम्: the body
• देहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• आश्रित्य: having entered / resorted to
• आश्रित्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ + श्रि (धातु) → आश्रित्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययम् (absolutive/gerund): having resorted to / taking refuge in

• तिष्ठति: stands / remains
• तिष्ठति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• सर्वक्रियाकलापेषु: in all collections of rituals
• सर्वक्रियाकलापेषु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + क्रिया (प्रातिपदिक) + कलाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; ‘सर्व-क्रिया-कलाप’ = सर्वासां क्रियाणां कलापेषु (in all sets of rites)

• संपूर्णः: complete
• संपूर्णः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संपूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘फलदः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (complete)

• फलदः: bestower of results
• फलदः: Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक) + द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः = फलानि ददाति इति (giver of fruits)

• भवेत्: would be / should become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Brahmā (in Brahma–Nārada dialogue; inferred from chapter colophon context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrim audience / Brāhmaṇa interlocutor in context

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee freshly bathed stands radiant; within/behind the figure a subtle form of Hari (four-armed) is suggested as indwelling light; surrounding ritual implements glow, indicating ‘complete results.’

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purificatory bathing sanctifies the practitioner so that divine grace (Hari) makes rituals fully fruitful.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The adhyāya context centers on the merit of bathing with Gaṅgā water in a tīrtha/kṣetra setting (Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform snāna before undertaking ritual acts; it is presented as a condition for obtaining complete results from all rites.